Hello all,
I'm new to the forums and new to the food industry, so please bear with me if my ignorance (of either or both) shows.
I work for a tea company and we are working on establishing company requirements regarding heavy metals in our ingredients. When I refer to heavy metals I'm talking specifically about: Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Chromium, & Lead. I want to make sure the requirements we develop are based on relevant regulatory standards and I could use some help being pointed in the right direction.
I've looked to FDA standards, but - if I understand correctly - there does not exist "blanket" FDA standards for concentration limits of heavy metals in food. I know that there are limits on lead in candy and various metals in fish as well as EPA standards for heavy metals in drinking water. Now, let me further the story a bit, my company sells products internationally as well as within the US; so I might be looking to the wrong regulatory agency in the first place. We sell products to Canada, Mexico, the EU, Australia, and Japan. What I'd like to do is find the most "strict" regulatory requirements of these countries to use as our standard.
Any help or comments you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Lane
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